1# @(#)australasia 7.20
2# This file also includes Pacific islands.
3
4# Notes are at the end of this file
5
6###############################################################################
7
8# Australia
9
10# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
11Rule Aus 1895 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
12# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00).
13Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
14Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 -
15Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 -
16Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 -
17Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 -
18Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
19Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 -
20# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that
21# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks.
22
23# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
24Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
25 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
26 9:30 Aus CST
27
28# ZONE-DESCR Australia Darwin Australia Northern Territory
29
30Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
31 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
32 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00
33 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
34 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00
35 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
36 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00
37 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
38 8:00 - WST
39
40# ZONE-DESCR Australia Perth Australia Western_Australia
41
42Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
43 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
44 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
45 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00
46 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00
47 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
48 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00
49 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
50 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00
51 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
52 10:00 - EST
53
54# ZONE-DESCR Australia Brisbane Australia Queensland
55
56# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
57Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
58Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
59Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
60Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
61Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
62Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
63Rule AS 1990 max even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
64Rule AS 1990 max odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
65# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
66Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
67 9:00 - CST 1899 May
68 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
69 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
70 9:30 AS CST
71
72# ZONE-DESCR Australia Adelaide Australia South Australia
73
74# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
75Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
76Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 -
77Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
78Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 -
79Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
80Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
81Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
82Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
83Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
84Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
85Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
86Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
87Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
88# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
89Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
90 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
91 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00
92 10:00 AT EST
93
94# ZONE-DESCR Australia Hobart Australia Tasmania
95
96# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
97Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
98Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
99Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
100Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
101Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
102Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
103Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
105Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
106 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
107 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
108 10:00 AV EST
109
110# ZONE-DESCR Australia Melbourne Australia Victoria
111
112# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
113Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
114Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
115Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
116Rule AN 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 -
117Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
118Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
119Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
120Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
121Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
122# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
123Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
124 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
125 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
126 10:00 AN EST
127
128# ZONE-DESCR Australia Sydney Australia New South Wales
129
130Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
131 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
132 9:00 - CST 1899 May
133 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
134 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
135 9:30 AN CST
136
137# ZONE-DESCR Australia Broken_Hill Australia County of Yancowinna, NSW
138
139Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
140 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
141 10:30 AN LHST
142
143# ZONE-DESCR Australia Lord_Howe Australia Lord Howe Island
144
145Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
146 7:00 - JVT
147
148# ZONE-DESCR Indian Christmas Australia Christmas Island
149
150#
151# Ashmore Is, Cartier
152# no information; probably like Australia/Perth
153#
154# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
155# no information
156
157
158# Belau
159Zone Pacific/Belau 8:58:00 - LMT 1901
160 9:00 - BLT
161
162# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Belau Rep_of_Palau All points
163
164# Cook Is
165# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
166Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD
167Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H
168Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD
169# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
170Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
171 -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST
172 -10:00 Cook T%sT
173
174# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Rarotonga Cook_Island All points
175
176# Cocos
177# From USNO (1989):
178# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
179Zone Pacific/Cocos 6:30 - CCT
180
181# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Cocos Cocos_Island All points
182
183# Fiji
184# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
185Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
186 12:00 - NZST
187
188# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fiji Fiji All points
189
190# French Polynesia
191# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
192Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
193 -9:00 - GBT
194Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
195 -9:30 - MQT
196Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
197 -10:00 - THT
198
199# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Gambier France Gambier
200# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Marquesas France Marquesas
201# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tahiti France Tahiti
202
203# Guam
204# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
205Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
206 10:00 - GST
207
208# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guam United_States Guam
209
210# Howland, Baker
211# no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa
212
213# Jarvis
214# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
215
216# Johnston
217# no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu
218
219# Kiribati
220# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
221Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
222 12:00 - NZST
223Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
224 -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct
225 -11:00 - SST
226Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
227 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time
228 -10:00 - THT
229
230# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tarawa Kiribati Tarawa
231# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Enderbury Kiribati Enderbury
232# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kiritimati Kiribati Kiritimati
233
234# Nauru
235# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
236Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
237 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15
238 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15
239 11:30 - NST 1979 May
240 12:00 - NZST
241
242# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Nauru Nauru All points
243
244# New Caledonia
245# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
246Rule NC 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S
247Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
248Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S
249# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
250Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13
251 11:00 NC NC%sT
252
253# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Noumea New_Caledonia All points
254
255###############################################################################
256
257# New Zealand
258
259# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
260Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
261# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17,
262# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman.
263Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 1:00 D
264Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
265Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D
266Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D
267Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
268Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
269# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years.
270Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S
271Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
272Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00 1:00 D
273Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
274Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D
275Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
276Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 3:00 0 S
277Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
278Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S
279# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
280Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
281 # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00;
282 # go with Whitman.
283 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00
284 12:00 NZ NZ%sT
285Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT
286
287
288# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Auckland New_Zealand All points except:
289# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Chatham New_Zealand Chatham
290
291# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
292# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland
293
294###############################################################################
295
296
297# Niue
298# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
299Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
300 -11:20 - NIT 1951 # Niue I Time
301 -11:30 - NIT 1978 Oct 1
302 -11:00 - SST
303
304# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Niue Niue All points
305
306# Norfolk
307# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
308Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
309 11:12 - NMT 1951
310 11:30 - NST
311
312# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Norfolk Norfolk_Islands All points
313
314# Pacific Islands Trust Territories
315# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
316Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
317 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
318 12:00 - NZST
319Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
320 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
321 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20
322 12:00 - NZST
323Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
324 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct
325 11:00 - NCST
326Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901
327 11:00 - NCST
328Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901
329 9:00 - BLT 1969 Oct
330 10:00 - GST
331
332# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Truk Fed_States_of_Micronesia Truk state
333# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Ponape Fed_States_of_Micronesia Pohnpei state
334# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Yap Fed_States_of_Micronesia Yap state
335# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Majuro Marshall_Islands Majuro
336# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kwajalein Marshall_Islands Kwajalein
337
338# Palmyra
339# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati
340
341# Papua New Guinea
342# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
343Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
344 9:49 - PMMT 1895
345 10:00 - EST
346
347# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Papua_New_Guinea All points
348
349# Pitcairn
350# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
351Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
352 -8:30 - PIT
353
354# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pitcairn Pitcairn_Island All points
355
356# Solomon Is
357# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
358# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
359Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
360 11:00 - NCST
361
362# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guadalcanal Solomon_Islands All points except:
363# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Solomon_Islands Bougainville
364
365# Tokelau Is
366# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
367Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
368 -10:00 - THT
369
370# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fakaofo Tokelau_Island All points
371
372# Tonga
373# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
374Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
375 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct
376 13:00 - TGT
377
378# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tongatapu Tonga All points
379
380# Tuvalu
381# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
382Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
383 12:00 - NZST
384
385# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Funafuti Tuvalu All points
386
387# Vanuatu
388# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
389Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S
390Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D
391Rule Vanuatu 1984 max - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S
392Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D
393Rule Vanuatu 1985 max - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D
394# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
395Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
396 11:00 - NCST
397
398# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Efate Vanuatu All points
399
400# Wake
401# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
402Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
403 12:00 - NZST
404
405# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wake United_States Wake Island
406
407# Wallis and Futuna
408# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
409Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
410 12:00 - NZST
411
412# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wallis France Wallis and Futuna
413
414# Western Samoa
415# See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places.
416
417###############################################################################
418
419# NOTES
420
421# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
422# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
423# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
424
425# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994):
426# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
427# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
428# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
429# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above.
430#
431# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
432# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
433# I found in the UCLA library.
434#
435# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
436# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
437# Oxford University Press (1980).
438#
439# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
440# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
441# Corrections are welcome!
442# std dst
443# LMT Local Mean Time
444# 6:30 CCT Cocos*
445# 7:00 JVT Java*
446# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia
447# 9:00 BLT Belau*
448# 9:00 JST Japan
449# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
450# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
451# 10:00 GST Guam*
452# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
453# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia*
454# 11:30 NRT Norfolk*
455# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
456# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham
457# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu*
458# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)*
459# -11:00 SST Samoa
460# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)*
461# -10:00 THT Tahiti*
462# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas*
463# - 9:00 GBT Gambier*
464# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn*
465#
466# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
467
468###############################################################################
469
470# Australia
471
472# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
473# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
474# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
475# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
476# abbreviation does _not_ change...
477# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
478# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
479# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
480# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
481# time'.
482# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
483# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
484# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the
485# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers
486# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
487# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
488# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
489
490# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
491# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
492# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
493# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
494# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
495
496# Australia/North
497
498# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
499# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
500# # [ Nov 1990 ]
501# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
502# ...
503# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST
504
505# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
506# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
507# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
508
509# Australia/West
510
511# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
512# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
513# # [ Nov 1990 ]
514# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
515# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
516# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
517# # before reaching parliament.
518# ...
519# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST
520# ...
521# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
522# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
523# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
524# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
525
526# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
527# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
528# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
529
530# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991):
531# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
532# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
533# work at 9.00am.)
534# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
535# everybody again.
536
537# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
538# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
539# it matches what was used in the past.
540
541# Australia/Queensland
542
543# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
544# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
545# # [ Dec 1990 ]
546# ...
547# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST
548# ...
549# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
550# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
551# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
552# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
553
554# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989):
555# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
556# October 1989).
557
558# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
559# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
560# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
561# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
562
563# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
564# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
565# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised
566# me.)
567
568# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992):
569# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
570# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
571# ...
572# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
573# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
574# ...
575
576# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
577# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
578
579# Australia/Tasmania, Australia/South, and Australia/Victoria
580
581# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
582# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
583# There are lots of differences between these rules and
584# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules
585# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
586# current DST ending dates, no worries.
587#
588# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
589# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
590# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
591# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
592# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
593# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST
594# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST
595# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
596# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
597# 10:00 Oz EST
598
599# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
600# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
601# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the
602# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
603# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic).
604# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
605# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
606
607# Australia/South
608
609# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
610# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
611# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
612# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
613
614# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
615# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
616# # [ Nov 1990 ]
617# ...
618# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST
619# ...
620# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
621# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
622# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C
623# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
624
625# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992):
626# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
627# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
628# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
629
630# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992):
631# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
632# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
633# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival
634# is on...
635
636# From Robert Elz (March 16, 1992, 00:57:07 +1000):
637# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
638# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
639# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
640
641# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994):
642# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
643# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
644# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
645
646# Australia/Tasmania
647
648# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
649# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
650# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31...
651
652# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
653# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
654# # [ Nov 1990 ]
655# ...
656# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST
657# ...
658# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
659# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
660# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
661# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E
662# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
663# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
664# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
665# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
666# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
667# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
668# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D
669# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
670# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
671# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
672
673# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
674# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the
675# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times
676# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)...
677# ...
678# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
679# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
680# ...
681# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
682# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 -
683
684# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
685# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
686# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
687# (but nothing new about that).
688
689# Australia/Victoria
690
691# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
692# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
693# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
694
695# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
696# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
697# # [ Nov 1990 ]
698# ...
699# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST
700# ...
701# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
702# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
703# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
704# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
705# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
706# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
707# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
708
709# Australia/NSW
710
711# From Arthur David Olson:
712# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
713# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
714# who notes:
715# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
716# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
717# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
718# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
719# legislation. This is very important to understand.
720# I have researched New South Wales time only...
721
722# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990):
723# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
724# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
725
726# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
727# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
728# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
729
730# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
731# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W]
732# # [ Dec 1990 ]
733# ...
734# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E
735# ...
736
737# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991)
738# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
739# file Robert forwarded
740
741# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
742# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
743# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
744
745# Australia/Yancowinna
746
747# From John Basser (January 4, 1989):
748# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
749
750# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
751# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
752# # [ Dec 1990 ]
753# ...
754# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the
755# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
756# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
757# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
758# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
759# # presently available.
760# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST
761# ...
762# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
763# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C
764# [followed by other Rules]
765
766# Australia/LHI
767
768# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
769# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
770# [ Dec 1990 ]
771# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
772# hour ahead of NSW time.
773
774###############################################################################
775
776# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
777# Elz says "no guarantees"
778
779# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990):
780# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
781# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
782# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
783# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
784
785# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
786# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
787# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
788# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ]
789# # [ Nov 1990 ]
790# ...
791# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
792# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
793# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
794# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S
795# ...
796# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand
797# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
798
799# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
800# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
801# rather than the October 1 value.
802
803###############################################################################
804
805# Fiji
806
807# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
808# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00.
809# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915.
810
811# Kwajalein
812
813# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
814# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
815# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
816# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
817# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
818
819# Pacific Islands Trust Territories
820
821# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
822# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
823# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
824# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila.
2# This file also includes Pacific islands.
3
4# Notes are at the end of this file
5
6###############################################################################
7
8# Australia
9
10# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
11Rule Aus 1895 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 -
12# Shanks gives 1917 Jan 1 0:01; go with Whitman (and guess 2:00).
13Rule Aus 1916 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
14Rule Aus 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 -
15Rule Aus 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 -
16Rule Aus 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 -
17Rule Aus 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 -
18Rule Aus 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
19Rule Aus 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 -
20# Whitman says W Australia didn't use DST in 1943/1944, and that
21# 1944/1945 was just like 1943/1944; go with Shanks.
22
23# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
24Zone Australia/Darwin 8:43:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
25 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
26 9:30 Aus CST
27
28# ZONE-DESCR Australia Darwin Australia Northern Territory
29
30Zone Australia/Perth 7:43:24 - LMT 1895 Dec
31 8:00 - WST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
32 8:00 Aus WST 1974 Oct lastSun 2:00
33 8:00 1:00 WST 1975 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
34 8:00 - WST 1983 Oct lastSun 2:00
35 8:00 1:00 WST 1984 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
36 8:00 - WST 1991 Nov 17 2:00
37 8:00 1:00 WST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
38 8:00 - WST
39
40# ZONE-DESCR Australia Perth Australia Western_Australia
41
42Zone Australia/Brisbane 10:12:08 - LMT 1895
43 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
44 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
45 10:00 1:00 EST 1972 Feb lastSun 3:00
46 10:00 - EST 1989 Oct lastSun 2:00
47 10:00 1:00 EST 1990 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
48 10:00 - EST 1990 Oct lastSun 2:00
49 10:00 1:00 EST 1991 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
50 10:00 - EST 1991 Oct lastSun 2:00
51 10:00 1:00 EST 1992 Mar Sun>=1 3:00
52 10:00 - EST
53
54# ZONE-DESCR Australia Brisbane Australia Queensland
55
56# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
57Rule AS 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
58Rule AS 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
59Rule AS 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
60Rule AS 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
61Rule AS 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
62Rule AS 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
63Rule AS 1990 max even Mar Sun>=18 3:00 0 -
64Rule AS 1990 max odd Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
65# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
66Zone Australia/Adelaide 9:14:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
67 9:00 - CST 1899 May
68 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
69 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct lastSun 2:00
70 9:30 AS CST
71
72# ZONE-DESCR Australia Adelaide Australia South Australia
73
74# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
75Rule AT 1967 only - Oct 1 2:00 1:00 -
76Rule AT 1968 only - Mar 31 3:00 0 -
77Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
78Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 -
79Rule AT 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
80Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
81Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
82Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
83Rule AT 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
84Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
85Rule AT 1987 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
86Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
87Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 -
88# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
89Zone Australia/Hobart 9:49:16 - LMT 1895 Sep
90 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
91 10:00 Aus EST 1967 Oct 1 2:00
92 10:00 AT EST
93
94# ZONE-DESCR Australia Hobart Australia Tasmania
95
96# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
97Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
98Rule AV 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
99Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
100Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
101Rule AV 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
102Rule AV 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
103Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
104# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
105Zone Australia/Melbourne 9:39:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
106 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
107 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
108 10:00 AV EST
109
110# ZONE-DESCR Australia Melbourne Australia Victoria
111
112# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
113Rule AN 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
114Rule AN 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
115Rule AN 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
116Rule AN 1982 only - Apr 4 3:00 0 -
117Rule AN 1983 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
118Rule AN 1986 1989 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 -
119Rule AN 1986 only - Oct 19 2:00 1:00 -
120Rule AN 1987 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
121Rule AN 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
122# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
123Zone Australia/Sydney 10:04:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
124 10:00 - EST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
125 10:00 Aus EST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
126 10:00 AN EST
127
128# ZONE-DESCR Australia Sydney Australia New South Wales
129
130Zone Australia/Broken_Hill 9:25:48 - LMT 1895 Feb
131 10:00 - EST 1896 Aug 23
132 9:00 - CST 1899 May
133 9:30 - CST 1917 Jan 1 0:01
134 9:30 Aus CST 1971 Oct 31 2:00
135 9:30 AN CST
136
137# ZONE-DESCR Australia Broken_Hill Australia County of Yancowinna, NSW
138
139Zone Australia/Lord_Howe 10:36:20 - LMT 1895 Feb
140 10:00 - EST 1981 Mar
141 10:30 AN LHST
142
143# ZONE-DESCR Australia Lord_Howe Australia Lord Howe Island
144
145Zone Indian/Christmas 7:02:52 - LMT 1895 Feb
146 7:00 - JVT
147
148# ZONE-DESCR Indian Christmas Australia Christmas Island
149
150#
151# Ashmore Is, Cartier
152# no information; probably like Australia/Perth
153#
154# Macquarie, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Rakehanga
155# no information
156
157
158# Belau
159Zone Pacific/Belau 8:58:00 - LMT 1901
160 9:00 - BLT
161
162# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Belau Rep_of_Palau All points
163
164# Cook Is
165# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
166Rule Cook 1978 only - Nov 12 0:00 0:30 HD
167Rule Cook 1979 max - Mar Sun>=1 0:00 0 H
168Rule Cook 1979 max - Oct lastSun 0:00 0:30 HD
169# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
170Zone Pacific/Rarotonga -10:39:04 - LMT 1901 # Avarua
171 -10:30 - CIST 1978 Nov 12 # Cook Is ST
172 -10:00 Cook T%sT
173
174# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Rarotonga Cook_Island All points
175
176# Cocos
177# From USNO (1989):
178# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
179Zone Pacific/Cocos 6:30 - CCT
180
181# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Cocos Cocos_Island All points
182
183# Fiji
184# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
185Zone Pacific/Fiji 11:53:40 - LMT 1915 Oct 26 # Suva
186 12:00 - NZST
187
188# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fiji Fiji All points
189
190# French Polynesia
191# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
192Zone Pacific/Gambier -8:59:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Rikitea
193 -9:00 - GBT
194Zone Pacific/Marquesas -9:18:00 - LMT 1912 Oct
195 -9:30 - MQT
196Zone Pacific/Tahiti -9:58:16 - LMT 1912 Oct # Papeete
197 -10:00 - THT
198
199# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Gambier France Gambier
200# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Marquesas France Marquesas
201# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tahiti France Tahiti
202
203# Guam
204# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
205Zone Pacific/Guam 9:39:00 - LMT 1901 # Agana
206 10:00 - GST
207
208# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guam United_States Guam
209
210# Howland, Baker
211# no information; probably like Pacific/Samoa
212
213# Jarvis
214# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritimati
215
216# Johnston
217# no information; probably like Pacific/Honolulu
218
219# Kiribati
220# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
221Zone Pacific/Tarawa 11:32:04 - LMT 1901 # Bairiki
222 12:00 - NZST
223Zone Pacific/Enderbury -11:24:20 - LMT 1901
224 -12:00 - KJT 1979 Oct
225 -11:00 - SST
226Zone Pacific/Kiritimati -10:29:20 - LMT 1901
227 -10:40 - LIT 1979 Oct # Line Is Time
228 -10:00 - THT
229
230# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tarawa Kiribati Tarawa
231# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Enderbury Kiribati Enderbury
232# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kiritimati Kiribati Kiritimati
233
234# Nauru
235# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
236Zone Pacific/Nauru 11:07:40 - LMT 1921 Jan 15 # Uaobe
237 11:30 - NST 1942 Mar 15
238 9:00 - JST 1944 Aug 15
239 11:30 - NST 1979 May
240 12:00 - NZST
241
242# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Nauru Nauru All points
243
244# New Caledonia
245# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
246Rule NC 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S
247Rule NC 1977 1978 - Dec Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 D
248Rule NC 1978 1979 - Feb 27 0:00 0 S
249# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
250Zone Pacific/Noumea 11:05:48 - LMT 1912 Jan 13
251 11:00 NC NC%sT
252
253# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Noumea New_Caledonia All points
254
255###############################################################################
256
257# New Zealand
258
259# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
260Rule NZ 1868 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S
261# Shanks gives 1927 Nov 6 - 1928 Mar 4, 1928 Oct 14 - 1929 Mar 17,
262# 1929 Oct 13 - 1930 Mar 16; go with Whitman.
263Rule NZ 1927 only - Nov 26 2:00 1:00 D
264Rule NZ 1928 1929 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00 0 S
265Rule NZ 1928 only - Nov 4 2:00 1:00 D
266Rule NZ 1929 only - Oct 30 2:00 1:00 D
267Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00 0 S
268Rule NZ 1930 1933 - Oct Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D
269# Shanks says DST stopped 1940 Sep lastSun; go with Whitman for war years.
270Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Apr lastSun 2:00 0 S
271Rule NZ 1934 1944 - Sep lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
272Rule NZ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00 1:00 D
273Rule NZ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
274Rule NZ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00 1:00 D
275Rule NZ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
276Rule NZ 1975 only - Feb 23 3:00 0 S
277Rule NZ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
278Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 S
279# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
280Zone Pacific/Auckland 11:39:04 - LMT 1868
281 # Shanks gives 1940 Sep 29 2:00;
282 # go with Whitman.
283 11:30 NZ NZ%sT 1945 Apr 29 2:00
284 12:00 NZ NZ%sT
285Zone Pacific/Chatham 12:45 - NZ-CHAT
286
287
288# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Auckland New_Zealand All points except:
289# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Chatham New_Zealand Chatham
290
291# Antipodes Is, Kermadec Is
292# no information; probably like Pacific/Auckland
293
294###############################################################################
295
296
297# Niue
298# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
299Zone Pacific/Niue -11:19:40 - LMT 1901 # Alofi
300 -11:20 - NIT 1951 # Niue I Time
301 -11:30 - NIT 1978 Oct 1
302 -11:00 - SST
303
304# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Niue Niue All points
305
306# Norfolk
307# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
308Zone Pacific/Norfolk 11:11:52 - LMT 1901 # Kingston
309 11:12 - NMT 1951
310 11:30 - NST
311
312# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Norfolk Norfolk_Islands All points
313
314# Pacific Islands Trust Territories
315# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
316Zone Pacific/Majuro 11:24:48 - LMT 1901
317 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
318 12:00 - NZST
319Zone Pacific/Kwajalein 11:09:20 - LMT 1901
320 11:00 - NCST 1969 Oct
321 -12:00 - KJT 1993 Aug 20
322 12:00 - NZST
323Zone Pacific/Truk 10:07:08 - LMT 1901
324 10:00 - GST 1978 Oct
325 11:00 - NCST
326Zone Pacific/Ponape 10:33:00 - LMT 1901
327 11:00 - NCST
328Zone Pacific/Yap 9:12:24 - LMT 1901
329 9:00 - BLT 1969 Oct
330 10:00 - GST
331
332# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Truk Fed_States_of_Micronesia Truk state
333# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Ponape Fed_States_of_Micronesia Pohnpei state
334# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Yap Fed_States_of_Micronesia Yap state
335# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Majuro Marshall_Islands Majuro
336# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Kwajalein Marshall_Islands Kwajalein
337
338# Palmyra
339# no information; probably like Pacific/Kiritmati
340
341# Papua New Guinea
342# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
343Zone Pacific/Port_Moresby 9:48:40 - LMT 1880
344 9:49 - PMMT 1895
345 10:00 - EST
346
347# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Papua_New_Guinea All points
348
349# Pitcairn
350# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
351Zone Pacific/Pitcairn -8:40:20 - LMT 1901 # Adamstown
352 -8:30 - PIT
353
354# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Pitcairn Pitcairn_Island All points
355
356# Solomon Is
357# excludes Bougainville, for which see Papua New Guinea
358# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
359Zone Pacific/Guadalcanal 10:39:48 - LMT 1912 Oct # Honiara
360 11:00 - NCST
361
362# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Guadalcanal Solomon_Islands All points except:
363# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Port_Moresby Solomon_Islands Bougainville
364
365# Tokelau Is
366# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
367Zone Pacific/Fakaofo -11:24:56 - LMT 1901
368 -10:00 - THT
369
370# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Fakaofo Tokelau_Island All points
371
372# Tonga
373# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
374Zone Pacific/Tongatapu 12:19:20 - LMT 1901
375 12:20 - TMT 1968 Oct
376 13:00 - TGT
377
378# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Tongatapu Tonga All points
379
380# Tuvalu
381# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
382Zone Pacific/Funafuti 11:56:52 - LMT 1901
383 12:00 - NZST
384
385# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Funafuti Tuvalu All points
386
387# Vanuatu
388# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
389Rule Vanuatu 1912 only - Jan 13 0:00 0 S
390Rule Vanuatu 1983 only - Sep 25 0:00 1:00 D
391Rule Vanuatu 1984 max - Mar Sun>=23 0:00 0 S
392Rule Vanuatu 1984 only - Oct 23 0:00 1:00 D
393Rule Vanuatu 1985 max - Sep Sun>=23 0:00 1:00 D
394# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
395Zone Pacific/Efate 11:13:16 - LMT 1912 Jan 13 # Vila
396 11:00 - NCST
397
398# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Efate Vanuatu All points
399
400# Wake
401# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
402Zone Pacific/Wake 11:06:28 - LMT 1901
403 12:00 - NZST
404
405# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wake United_States Wake Island
406
407# Wallis and Futuna
408# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
409Zone Pacific/Wallis 12:15:20 - LMT 1901
410 12:00 - NZST
411
412# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Wallis France Wallis and Futuna
413
414# Western Samoa
415# See Pacific/Samoa in the `northamerica' file, of all places.
416
417###############################################################################
418
419# NOTES
420
421# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
422# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
423# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
424
425# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 18, 1994):
426# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
427# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition),
428# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991).
429# Except where noted, it is the source for the data above.
430#
431# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
432# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
433# I found in the UCLA library.
434#
435# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
436# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and the discovery of the longitude,
437# Oxford University Press (1980).
438#
439# I invented the abbreviations marked `*' in the following table;
440# the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
441# Corrections are welcome!
442# std dst
443# LMT Local Mean Time
444# 6:30 CCT Cocos*
445# 7:00 JVT Java*
446# 8:00 WST WST Western Australia
447# 9:00 BLT Belau*
448# 9:00 JST Japan
449# 9:30 CST CST Central Australia
450# 10:00 EST EST Eastern Australia
451# 10:00 GST Guam*
452# 10:30 LHST LHST Lord Howe*
453# 11:00 NCST NCDT New Caledonia*
454# 11:30 NRT Norfolk*
455# 12:00 NZST NZDT New Zealand
456# 12:45 NZ-CHAT Chatham
457# 13:00 TGT Tongatapu*
458# -12:00 KJT Kwajalein (no longer used)*
459# -11:00 SST Samoa
460# -10:40 LIT Line Is (no longer used)*
461# -10:00 THT Tahiti*
462# - 9:30 MQT Marquesas*
463# - 9:00 GBT Gambier*
464# - 8:30 PIT Pitcairn*
465#
466# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions.
467
468###############################################################################
469
470# Australia
471
472# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
473# We in Australia have _never_ referred to DST as `daylight' time.
474# It is called `summer' time. Now by a happy coincidence, `summer'
475# and `standard' happen to start with the same letter; hence, the
476# abbreviation does _not_ change...
477# The legislation does not actually define abbreviations, at least
478# in this State, but the abbreviation is just commonly taken to be the
479# initials of the phrase, and the legislation here uniformly uses
480# the phrase `summer time' and does not use the phrase `daylight
481# time'.
482# Announcers on the Commonwealth radio network, the ABC (for Australian
483# Broadcasting Commission), use the phrases `Eastern Standard Time'
484# or `Eastern Summer Time'. (Note, though, that as I say in the
485# current australasia file, there is really no such thing.) Announcers
486# on its overseas service, Radio Australia, use the same phrases
487# prefixed by the word `Australian' when referring to local times;
488# time announcements on that service, naturally enough, are made in UTC.
489
490# From Arthur David Olson (March 8 1992):
491# Given the above, what's chosen for year-round use is:
492# CST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 9:30
493# WST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 8:00
494# EST for any place operating at a GMTOFF of 10:00
495
496# Australia/North
497
498# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
499# # The NORTHERN TERRITORY.. [ Courtesy N.T. Dept of the Chief Minister ]
500# # [ Nov 1990 ]
501# # N.T. have never utilised any DST due to sub-tropical/tropical location.
502# ...
503# Zone Australia/North 9:30 - CST
504
505# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
506# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
507# the Northern Territory do[es] not have daylight saving.
508
509# Australia/West
510
511# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
512# # The state of WESTERN AUSTRALIA.. [ Courtesy W.A. dept Premier+Cabinet ]
513# # [ Nov 1990 ]
514# # W.A. suffers from a great deal of public and political opposition to
515# # DST in principle. A bill is brought before parliament in most years, but
516# # usually defeated either in the upper house, or in party caucus
517# # before reaching parliament.
518# ...
519# Zone Australia/West 8:00 AW %sST
520# ...
521# Rule AW 1974 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
522# Rule AW 1975 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
523# Rule AW 1983 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
524# Rule AW 1984 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 W
525
526# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
527# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
528# Western Australia...do[es] not have daylight saving.
529
530# From John D. Newman via Bradley White (November 2, 1991):
531# Western Australia is still on "winter time". Some DH in Sydney
532# rang me at home a few days ago at 6.00am. (He had just arrived at
533# work at 9.00am.)
534# W.A. is switching to Summer Time on Nov 17th just to confuse
535# everybody again.
536
537# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
538# The 1992 ending date used in the rules is a best guess;
539# it matches what was used in the past.
540
541# Australia/Queensland
542
543# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
544# # The state of QUEENSLAND.. [ Courtesy Qld. Dept Premier Econ&Trade Devel ]
545# # [ Dec 1990 ]
546# ...
547# Zone Australia/Queensland 10:00 AQ %sST
548# ...
549# Rule AQ 1971 only - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
550# Rule AQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
551# Rule AQ 1989 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
552# Rule AQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
553
554# From Bradley White (December 24, 1989):
555# "Australia/Queensland" now observes daylight time (i.e. from
556# October 1989).
557
558# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
559# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
560# ...Queensland...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
561# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
562
563# From John Mackin (March 6, 1991):
564# I can certainly confirm for my part that Daylight Saving in NSW did in fact
565# end on Sunday, 3 March. I don't know at what hour, though. (It surprised
566# me.)
567
568# From Bradley White (March 8, 1992):
569# ...there was recently a referendum in Queensland which resulted
570# in the experimental daylight saving system being abandoned. So, ...
571# ...
572# Rule QLD 1989 1991 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
573# Rule QLD 1990 1992 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
574# ...
575
576# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
577# The chosen rules the union of the 1971/1972 change and the 1989-1992 changes.
578
579# Australia/Tasmania, Australia/South, and Australia/Victoria
580
581# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
582# The rules from version 7.1 follow.
583# There are lots of differences between these rules and
584# the Shepherd et al. rules. Since the Shepherd et al. rules
585# and Bradley White's newspaper article are in agreement on
586# current DST ending dates, no worries.
587#
588# Rule Oz 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 -
589# Rule Oz 1986 max - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
590# Rule Oz 1972 only - Feb 27 3:00 0 -
591# Rule Oz 1973 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
592# Rule Oz 1987 max - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
593# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 Oz EST
594# Zone Australia/South 9:30 Oz CST
595# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 Oz EST 1985 Oct lastSun 2:00
596# 10:00 1:00 EST 1986 Mar Sun<=21 3:00
597# 10:00 Oz EST
598
599# From Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
600# I believe that the current start date for DST is "lastSun" in Oct...
601# that changed Oct 89. That is, we're back to the
602# original rule, and that rule currently applies in all the states
603# that have dst, incl Qld. (Certainly it was true in Vic).
604# The file I'm including says that happened in 1988, I think
605# that's incorrect, but I'm not 100% certain.
606
607# Australia/South
608
609# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
610# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
611# ...South Australia...[has] agreed to end daylight saving
612# at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
613
614# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
615# # The state of SOUTH AUSTRALIA....[ Courtesy of S.A. Dept of Labour ]
616# # [ Nov 1990 ]
617# ...
618# Zone Australia/South 9:30 AS %sST
619# ...
620# Rule AS 1971 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
621# Rule AS 1972 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
622# Rule AS 1986 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 C
623# Rule AS 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 C
624
625# From Bradley White (March 11, 1992):
626# Recent correspondence with a friend in Adelaide
627# contained the following exchange: "Due to the Adelaide Festival,
628# South Australia delays setting back our clocks for a few weeks."
629
630# From Robert Elz (March 13, 1992):
631# I heard that apparently (or at least, it appears that)
632# South Aus will have an extra 3 weeks daylight saving every even
633# numbered year (from 1990). That's when the Adelaide Festival
634# is on...
635
636# From Robert Elz (March 16, 1992, 00:57:07 +1000):
637# DST didn't end in Adelaide today (yesterday)....
638# But whether it's "4th Sunday" or "2nd last Sunday" I have no idea whatever...
639# (it's just as likely to be "the Sunday we pick for this year"...).
640
641# From Bradley White (April 11, 1994):
642# If Sun, 15 March, 1992 was at +1030 as kre asserts, but yet Sun, 20 March,
643# 1994 was at +0930 as John Connolly's customer seems to assert, then I can
644# only conclude that the actual rule is more complicated....
645
646# Australia/Tasmania
647
648# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
649# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
650# ...Tasmania will revert to Australian Eastern Standard Time on March 31...
651
652# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
653# # The state of TASMANIA.. [Courtesy Tasmanian Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
654# # [ Nov 1990 ]
655# ...
656# Zone Australia/Tasmania 10:00 AT %sST
657# ...
658# Rule AT 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
659# Rule AT 1968 only - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
660# Rule AT 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
661# Rule AT 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 3:00 0 E
662# Rule AT 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
663# Rule AT 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
664# Rule AT 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
665# Rule AT 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
666# Rule AT 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
667# Rule AT 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
668# Rule AT 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00 1:00 D
669# Rule AT 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
670# Rule AT 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
671# Rule AT 1991 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 E
672
673# From Bill Hart via Alexander Dupuy and Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
674# My state Government in there eagerness to get a few more bucks for the
675# tourist industry industry decided to change the daylight savings times
676# yet again (we now have almost 6 months per year)...
677# ...
678# Rule Oz 1986 1990 - Oct Sun<=24 2:00 1:00 -
679# Rule Oz 1991 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 -
680# ...
681# Rule Oz 1987 1990 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
682# Rule Oz 1991 max - Mar Sun<=31 3:00 0 -
683
684# From Bill Hart via Guy Harris (October 10, 1991):
685# Oh yes, the new daylight savings rules are uniquely tasmanian, we have
686# 6 weeks a year now when we are out of sync with the rest of Australia
687# (but nothing new about that).
688
689# Australia/Victoria
690
691# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
692# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
693# ...Victoria...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
694
695# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
696# # The state of VICTORIA.. [ Courtesy of Vic. Dept of Premier + Cabinet ]
697# # [ Nov 1990 ]
698# ...
699# Zone Australia/Victoria 10:00 AV %sST
700# ...
701# Rule AV 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
702# Rule AV 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 E
703# Rule AV 1973 1985 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
704# Rule AV 1986 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 3:00 0 E
705# Rule AV 1986 1987 - Oct Sun>=15 2:00 1:00 D
706# Rule AV 1988 max - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
707# Rule AV 1991 max - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 E
708
709# Australia/NSW
710
711# From Arthur David Olson:
712# New South Wales and subjurisdictions have their own ideas of a fun time.
713# Based on law library research by John Mackin (john@basser.cs.su.oz),
714# who notes:
715# In Australia, time is not legislated federally, but rather by the
716# individual states. Thus, while such terms as ``Eastern Standard Time''
717# [I mean, of course, Australian EST, not any other kind] are in common
718# use, _they have NO REAL MEANING_, as they are not defined in the
719# legislation. This is very important to understand.
720# I have researched New South Wales time only...
721
722# From Dave Davey (March 3, 1990):
723# Rule NSW 1988 only - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 -
724# Rule NSW 1989 only - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 -
725
726# From Bradley White (March 4, 1991):
727# A recent excerpt from an Australian newspaper...
728# NSW...[has] agreed to end daylight saving at 3am tomorrow (March 3)...
729
730# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
731# # The state of NEW SOUTH WALES.. [confirmed by Attorney General's Dept N.S.W]
732# # [ Dec 1990 ]
733# ...
734# Rule AN 1988 1989 - Mar Sun<=21 3:00 0 E
735# ...
736
737# From John Mackin (March 9, 1991)
738# I have confirmed the accuracy of the historical data for NSW in the
739# file Robert forwarded
740
741# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
742# Sources differ on whether DST ended March 6 or March 20 in 1988;
743# March 20 (the "confirmed" date) is in the chosen rules.
744
745# Australia/Yancowinna
746
747# From John Basser (January 4, 1989):
748# `Broken Hill' means the County of Yancowinna.
749
750# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
751# # YANCOWINNA.. [ Confirmation courtesy of Broken Hill Postmaster ]
752# # [ Dec 1990 ]
753# ...
754# # Yancowinna uses Central Standard Time, despite it's location on the
755# # New South Wales side of the S.A. border. Most business and social dealings
756# # are with CST zones, therefore CST is legislated by local government
757# # although the switch to Summer Time occurs in line with N.S.W. There have
758# # been years when this did not apply, but the historical data is not
759# # presently available.
760# Zone Australia/Yancowinna 9:30 AY %sST
761# ...
762# Rule AY 1971 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
763# Rule AY 1972 only - Feb lastSun 3:00 0 C
764# [followed by other Rules]
765
766# Australia/LHI
767
768# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
769# LHI... [ Courtesy of Pauline Van Winsen.. pauline@Aus ]
770# [ Dec 1990 ]
771# Lord Howe Island is located off the New South Wales coast, and is half an
772# hour ahead of NSW time.
773
774###############################################################################
775
776# New Zealand, from Elz' asia 1.1
777# Elz says "no guarantees"
778
779# From Mark Davies (October 3, 1990):
780# the 1989/90 year was a trial of an extended "daylight saving" period.
781# This trial was deemed successful and the extended period adopted for
782# subsequent years (with the addition of a further week at the start).
783# source -- phone call to Ministry of Internal Affairs Head Office.
784
785# From George Shepherd via Simon Woodhead via Robert Elz (March 6, 1991):
786# # The Country of New Zealand (Australia's east island -) Gee they hate that!
787# # or is Australia the west island of N.Z.
788# # [ courtesy of Geoff Tribble.. Geofft@Aus.. Auckland N.Z. ]
789# # [ Nov 1990 ]
790# ...
791# Rule NZ 1974 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00 1:00 D
792# Rule NZ 1989 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00 1:00 D
793# Rule NZ 1975 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 3:00 0 S
794# Rule NZ 1990 max - Mar lastSun 3:00 0 S
795# ...
796# Zone NZ 12:00 NZ NZ%sT # New Zealand
797# Zone NZ-CHAT 12:45 - NZ-CHAT # Chatham Island
798
799# From Arthur David Olson (March 8, 1992):
800# The chosen rules use the Davies October 8 values for the start of DST in 1989
801# rather than the October 1 value.
802
803###############################################################################
804
805# Fiji
806
807# Howse writes (p 162) that in 1879 the British governor of Fiji
808# enacted an ordinance standardizing the islands on +12:00.
809# Perhaps it didn't take. We go with Shanks's more precise date in 1915.
810
811# Kwajalein
812
813# In comp.risks 14.87 (26 August 1993), Peter Neumann writes:
814# I wonder what happened in Kwajalein, where there was NO Friday,
815# August 20, 1993. Thursday night at midnight Kwajalein switched sides with
816# respect to the International Date Line, to rejoin its fellow islands,
817# going from 11:59 p.m. Thursday to 12:00 m. Saturday in a blink.
818
819# Pacific Islands Trust Territories
820
821# Howse writes (p 162) ``The Spaniards, on the other hand, reached the
822# Philippines and the Ladrones from America,'' and implies that the Ladrones
823# (now called the Marianas) kept American date for quite some time.
824# Ignore this for now, as we have no hard data. See also Asia/Manila.